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☀️ Happy Monday Gardeners! With the beginning of December here, it's time to add some festive cheer with a marvellous selection of gardening offers!
✂️🌱 Curated Cuttings
A round-up of tips, tricks and news snippets on all things garden-related.


🪴 Gardener hangs up shears after three decades at beautiful Dartmoor garden
🕶️ 5 garden trends for 2025, according to Chelsea designers
🌿 Magical broad beans defy winter weather, so start growing them now
❄️Gardening expert shares simple way to protect your plants from frost for free
🐦 Expert advice on feeding garden birds in winter and making your garden as bird friendly as possible
🌷Five garden plants that are 'hard to kill' and perfect for the winter months
👩🌾What is cloud pruning? Here’s how to nail the Japanese gardening trend at home
🎁 Create nature-inspired Christmas gifts and decorations
🎄 Alan Titchmarsh reveals how to keep needles on real Christmas tree for longer
🗺️ Let’s explore …
A spotlight on spectacular gardens
The most beautiful gardens in the UK for a weekend away
Classic British country house hotels with fine gardens for summer overnighters to uplift souls and senses. To find out more, click here.
📍 Local news
From the weird to the wonderful. What’s happening in gardens around the UK?


📍 Looking ahead to 2025: Flower shows and botanical gardens in Britain
📍20 of the UK's most beautiful gardens to visit
📍 Three-month restoration project completed at Blenheim Palace
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Happy gardening!